Spare a thought for…

Matt Kuchar. The 39-year-old has never really looked like challenging for an Open title before and his previous best finish was tied-9th in 2012.

But it looked that Kuch, who was three behind Spieth at the start of play, would finally step up to the big stage when he took the lead heading to the 14th hole.

Despite Spieth doing his best to throw it away, it wasn’t meant to be for Kuchar and he is still without a win since the Heritage in April 2014.

Best shots of the day

Well, this was one of the more bizarre moments of this year’s Open. Spieth, after what seemed like an eternity, hit an amazing recovery shot from the driving range on the 13th hole and eventually made a bogey.

Meanwhile, world No.2 Hideki Matsuyama was in with a sniff of catching Spieth at the start of the day thanks to a 4-under 66 on day three. However, the 1st tee nerves struck and the Japanese star hit his opening shot out of bounds on his way to a triple bogey.

Stats of the day

Entering this week, Jordan Spieth had made 553 of 575 putts inside of five feet this season — 96.17 percent.